Unusual Stuff

When you have the best player in baseball, you want to lock him down if you can afford it.  The Detroit Tigers have one of the most potent players in professional baseball in Miguel Cabrera, who has won the 2012 and 2013 MVP awards and who also racked up one of the rarest prizes in […]

It was the ultimate celebrity pairing.  She’s a movie star and wannabe singer and lifestyle guru; he’s the guy from Coldplay who writes and sings all those weepy songs about love that got heavy rotation on the radio back in the day.  It seemed like the perfect match of folks, but apparently not all was […]

If the engagement of Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher caught you by surprised, here’s some news that will really surprise you.  According to rumors which may or may not be substantiated, Mila Kunis is pregnant with Ashton Kutcher’s child.  I’m always hesitant to jump on any “someone’s dead someone’s pregnant someone’s dead pregnant” story, but […]

It’s tax season, and that means that if you have yet to do your taxes, then you should probably get on that.  However, because it’s tax time, that means that scammers are out in full force looking to take advantage of the American’s natural fear of the Internal Revenue Service and its horde of actuaries […]

Toyota cars have always had a reputation for quality, but as it turns out that hasn’t been the case since 2009 or so.  Indeed, in 2010 Toyota suspended sales in North America over defective cars, and the company has recalled nearly 12 million vehicles around the world in 2009 and 2010, but it turns out […]

China has a serious problem with its children.  Given China’s controversial one child policy and the Chinese preference for healthy baby boys, there is a huge problem in the country with child abandonment.  Any child with medical issues, especially girls, are oftentimes abandoned and left for dead in China’s streets.  That’s a horrible fate for […]

There have been a lot of amazing basketball teams, like my beloved 2012 Kentucky Wildcats, who have won 30 games and gone on to claim an NCAA championship.  However, no team as ever entered the NCAA Tournament with as many wins as a little-known basketball team from a fringe conference.  Wichita State isn’t the best-known […]

The party’s over.  Yesterday was Fat Tuesday, AKA Mardi Gras, and now the period of Lent has begun for millions of Catholics and similar high-church believers around the world.  That means today is Ash Wednesday, one of the holier days in the Christian world’s calendar, and that means you’re going to be seeing people with […]

The 2014 Academy Awards happened last night, and lots of people have been paying attention to the comings and goings of Oscar and his celebrity friends.  Indeed, it seems like one of the rare nights without much in the way of controversy, as all the major winners:  12 Years a Slave for Best Picture, Alfonso […]

When it comes to secure communications, the United States government doesn’t just turn to any old virus-prone Android phone, they turn to a specialist company to produce their communications technology.  Boeing is the company who helps produce safe phones for top-secret conversations, and they’re looking to improve on their share in that market with a […]

It’s not underselling to say that Harold Ramis was a comic genius.  As a performer, writer, and director, he’s got one of the most impressive resumes of pretty much any comedian of his generation.  From his humble beginnings in Second City in Chicago to his time on SCTV, his collaborations with Bill Murray in Stripes, […]

Multi-millionaire Tim Draper has a crazy dream.  He’s a resident of California who made his fortune investing in Skype and Hotmail, which means that he’s a pretty forward thinker.  In fact, he’s thinking so forward he’s wanting to fundamentally change the most populous state in the United States.  California is home to 38 million people […]

It’s one of the most venerated properties in comic books.  Among Marvel’s first heroes, The Fantastic Four has been brought to the screen multiple times, with varying degrees of success, and 20th Century Fox is going to keep on trying until they get it right, or until they have lost enough money that the rights […]

There’s nothing more representative of Valentine’s Day than candy (preferably chocolate) and a bouquet of fresh flowers.  It’s pretty much the classic Valentine’s Day combination of gifts, it’s almost a cliche at this point, and it’s the focus of the business of 1-800-Flowers.  As it turns out, there were some problems this Valentine’s Day, and […]

When you’re the top dog in the market place, you’re either looking to get bigger or you’re looking to shed yourself of unprofitable side-ventures.  In some cases, you can do both.  In other cases, your only hope is to sell out to the competition.  Comcast is the nation’s largest pay television service.  The second-largest television […]